I have a ListView that displays some data from an API. Within my list item, I need to have two different component trees depending on the data for that row. More specifically, if the row has an associated image, I need to display the image with a label, arranged a certain way. If it does not have an image, then I want to display only a label, arranged a different way. To me, that sounds like I want to create two different components and choose which component to include, dynamically.
It currently looks something like this, in abbreviated form:
ListItem.Empty {
id: matchItem
property string team1Name
property string team2Name
property string team1Logo
property string team2Logo
width: parent.width
Item {
id: team1Info
width: parent.width*0.3
anchors {
left: parent.left
top: parent.top
bottom: parent.bottom
}
Item {
anchors.fill: parent
anchors.margins {
top: units.gu(2)
bottom: units.gu(2)
}
Image {
id: team1LogoImage
source: team1Logo
width: parent.width
height: units.gu(5)
fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectFit
anchors.horizontalAlignment: parent.horizontalCenter
}
Label {
text: team1Name
anchors.horizontalAlignment: Text.Center
}
}
}
// Some more elements and a repeat of the above for the second team
}
The issue is that if team1Logo
or team2Logo
is not a valid URL, such as if a team doesn't have a logo, the Image component will fail.
What I would like to do is essentially:
if (team1Logo === "") {
Label {
// Stuff to make it look good without an image
}
} else {
Image {
source: team1Logo
}
Label {
// Stuff
}
}
But as far as I know, that's not how QML works.
I've taken a look at the Loader
component, which seems like it might fit the bill, since I could use conditionals when setting the source
property on the loader, but I couldn't get it to work. Does anyone know how to achieve what I described?
Turned out to be fairly straightforward to implement a Loader
. Example:
Item {
id: team1Info
Loader {
id: team1ItemLoader
property string name: model.team1Name
property string logo: model.team1Logo
source: (logo) ? "TeamLogoItem.qml" : "TeamItem.qml"
}
}
In this example, name
and logo
then become available inside TeamLogoItem.qml
or TeamItem.qml
as properties.